Skip to main content
. 2021 May 25;36(8):781–792. doi: 10.1007/s10654-021-00762-4

Table 3.

Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the association of fish consumption, and risk of BC based on tertiles of intakes by gender and smoking status

Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 P-trend Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 P-trend
HR (95%CI)* HR (95%CI) HR (95%CI) HR (95%CI)* HR (95%CI) HR (95%CI)
Women Men
Total fish and fish products Total fish and fish products
Case/non-case 80/44,180 94/37,374 161/34,470 172/17,309 379/23,895 651/26,459
Person year 479,226.23 377,769.02 281,772.08 186,702.27 225,122.36 215,306.94
Crude 1 (reference) 0.80 (0.58, 1.10) 0.60 (0.43, 0.83) 0.001 1 (reference) 0.75 (0.64, 0.90) 0.68 (0.58, 0.81) < 0.001
Model 1a 1 (reference) 0.77 (0.55, 1.08) 0.91 (0.61, 1.36) 0.575 1 (reference) 0.86 (0.72, 1.02) 0.85 (0.71, 1.02) 0.134
Model 2b 1 (reference) 0.78 (0.55, 1.09) 0.96 (0.63, 1.45) 0.698 1 (reference) 0.86 (0.72, 1.03) 0.81 (0.67, 0.98) 0.036
Model 3c‡ 1 (reference) 1.07 (0.76, 1.51) 0.77 (0.39, 1.50) 0.658 1 (reference) 0.85 (0.71, 1.02) 0.79 (0.65, 0.97) 0.047
HR (95%CI)* HR (95%CI) HR (95%CI) P-trend HR (95%CI)* HR (95%CI) HR (95%CI) P-trend HR (95%CI)* HR (95%CI) HR (95%CI) P-trend
Never smoker Former smoker Current smoker
Total fish and fish products Total fish and fish products Total fish and fish products
Cases/non-cases 52/29,617 65/23,628 141/27,235 100/19,101 211/21,765 384/24,616 100/12,771 197/15,876 287/9078
Person year 323,773.01 231,752.69 213,767.02 204,627.5 206,186.25 194,456.23 137,527.99 164,952.43 88,855.77
Crude 1 (reference) 0.72 (0.49, 1.05) 0.55 (0.38, 0.80) 0.001 1 (reference) 0.83 (0.66, 1.04) 0.73 (0.58, 0.91) 0.005 1 (reference) 0.79 (0.63, 0.99) 0.78 (0.62, 0.99) 0.089
Model 1a 1 (reference) 0.93 (0.60, 1.43) 1.24 (0.74, 2.08) 0.434 1 (reference) 0.84 (0.66, 1.08) 0.79 (0.62, 1.01) 0.072 1 (reference) 0.87 (0.69, 1.10) 0.90 (0.71, 1.16) 0.535
Model 2b 1 (reference) 0.93 (0.60, 1.44) 1.24 (0.74, 2.10) 0.416 1 (reference) 0.85 (0.67, 1.09) 0.77 (0.60, 0.99) 0.042 1 (reference) 0.87 (0.69, 1.10) 0.88 (0.68, 1.13) 0.364
Model 3c‡ 1 (reference) 0.93 (0.60, 1.43) 1.24 (0.74, 2.08) 0.592 1 (reference) 0.84 (0.66, 1.08) 1.17 (0.72, 1.95) 0.823 1 (reference) 0.87 (0.65, 1.15) 0.75 (0.44, 1.28) 0.210

*HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval

aAdjusted for age, sex, and total energy intake

bAdjusted for model 1 + vegetables and fruits intakes

c‡Adjusted for model 2 + red meat intake